Eye mounting for dolls



Nov. 13, 1928. 1,691,438-

L. J. GRUBMAN EYE MOUNTING FOR DOLLS Filed Feb. 11, 1927 INVENTOR ATTORNEY Patented Nov. 13, 1928.

- UNITED STATES,

. 1,691,438 PATENT OFFICE.

LEO J. GBUBMAN, 0F BELLE HARBOR, Y ORK.

VEYE MOUNTING r03 noLLs.

Application filed February 11, 1927.

v This invention relates to eye mountings for "dolls, and has for its primary ob ect to provide an oscillatory eye mounting of simple construction and which is provided with a hold the samein close relation to the spaced eye openings in the head wall, and said spring elements having free end portions projecting radially beyond the eye members and adapted for. contact .with the inner side of the head wall to cushion the movement of the eye members to their closed positions.

It is also a particular object of the invention to provide the weighted pendulum plate with an additional yieldable spring tongue or arm pivotally connected to theweighted end of the plate whereby'said arm may be adjusted to a position substantially parallel with said end of the plate to enable the mounting to be passed inwardly through the neck opening of the doll head, and said spring tongue being thereafter moved to a longi tudinally extending position with respect to the'pendulum plate for contact with the doll head wall at the contracted neck portion thereof to yieldingly limit the swinging or oscillating movement of the eyes to open position.

With the above'and other objects inview, the invention consists in the improved eye mounting and in the form, construction and relative arrangement of its several parts as will be .hereinafter more fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawing, and subsequently incorporated in the subjoined claims. y g i In the drawing, wherein I have illustrated one simple and practical embodimentof the invention, and in which similar reference characters designate corresponding parts throughout the several views,

Figure 1 is a vertical sectional view through the front part of a doll head showing one embodiment'ofmy new eye mounting as operatively arranged therein;

Serial No. 167,434.

Fig. 2 is a rear elevation of the mounting;

Fig. 3 is a front elevation thereof;

Fig. at is an enlarged detail sectional view taken on the line 4iof Fig. 2, and

Fig. 5 is a detail side elevation of one of the eye members.

Referring in detail to the drawing, for purposes of illustration I have shown the front part of a doll head 5 which may be molded or otherwise fashioned from papier mach,

wood pulp or other suitable composition ma- I terial to provide the head wall with external contours simulating the physical features of a human head. At the appropriate" spaced points with relation to the other molded features of the face portion of the head wall, eyeshaped openings are formed therethrough and preferably the inner side of said wall at each of these openings is provided with a con.-

. cave socket in the, usual manner to receive the spaced eye members of an oscillatory eye mounting.

The e e mountln as herein shown; em-

bodies a stamped sheet metal plate 6 having parallel angularly extending arms 7 atits opposite ends, said arms being provided upon their longitudlnal edges wlth ears 8 pr0 ect1ng at right angles to the plane of the arm. These ears are apertured to receive the supporting pins9, the outer ends of which are pointed or site sides of the doll head wall. part of the plate 6 is bent to provide an obliquely disposed flange 10 extending across the entire width thereof and centrally formed tapered for the purpose of impaling the oppo- The lower with a reducedextension 11 to which a suitable weight 12 is is attached bythe pin'or rivet 13.. I I p The spaced eye members indicated at 14: are in the form of substantially semi-spherical shells having relatively large openings indiloosely receive the respective pins 9. The'inner ends of these pins are headed and between the same the spaced lugs 17 on the end 'cated at 15 in their opposite side walls ito of a resilientspring plate 16 are adapted/to engage "and rigidly hold the pins 9 against inward movement, after they have been ex-t pan'ded andtheir outer ends impaled in the structure of the head wall. The other end of the spring element 16 may be'convenient-ly attached to the plate 6 by means of the fastenin pin or rivet 13$for the weight'lg. As thus far described, the eye mountlng is substantially identical with the device shown described in Patent No. 1,540,522, issued to Grubman Engineering & Manufacturing Co. Inc, on June 2, 1925. However, the plate 6 constituting the body element of this eye mounting with the eye members assembled thereon is of such maximum width that it may not be inserted upwardly through the contracted neck opening of doll heads of the smaller sizes, and the vertical dimension or length of the eye mounting alsopreoludes "such insertion of the mounting through the neck opening. Therefore, I propose to pro Vide the plate 6 with a resilient cushioning element yieldingly limiting the oscillating movement of the mounting in one direction which is adapted tocontact with the contracted :neck portion of the doll head Wall, but which may be adjustably positioned with respect to said plate so that the mounting may be readily inserted upwardly through said neck opening, thus avoiding the necessity of opening the top'of the doll head or molding saidhead in separate sections and applying the eye mounting before connecting the same with-eachother. As herein shown, this means consists of a thin spring steel tongue 17 one end of which is attached to the depending reduced central part 11 of the flange 10 on the penduliun plate by means of the pin or rivet 13 for swivelling or pivoting movement relative to the pendulum. This tongue is of such length, that when it is disposed in the longitudinally extended position with respect to the pendulum as shown in full lines in Figs. 2 and 3 of the drawing, its free end will contact with the inner side of the head wall at the contracted neck portion thereof as seen in Fig. 1. Thus, the swinging movement of said plate in one direction to move the eye members ll to their open positions is cushioned or yieldingly limited.

For the purpose of cushioning or yieldingly limiting the movement of thependulum in the opposite direction, or in the closing movement of the eye members, I provide the two thin leaf springs 18 associated with the respective eye members and disposed upon the front sides of the arms 7 of the pendulum plate. The springs 18 at their lower ends are riveted or otherwise rigidly fixed to the plate 6 and extend longitudinally between the spaced lugs 8 of the arms 7 and beyond the same. The projecting free end portions of said leaf springs are preferably tapered and. contact against the upper portions of the respective eye members at their rear edges,

gagement with the walls of the eye sockets in the doll head. In addition to subserving the end of the spring tongue 17 when in the extendedposition shown in full lines in Fig. 2, and the upper ends of the springs 18, is of course too great to permit the mounting to be turnedto a position at an angleof from that illustrated and then inserted upwardly through the neck o 'ae'nin'g of the doll head, and likewise the maximum width-of the mounting with the eye members 1d arranged thereon is too great to permit such insertion of the mounting through the neck opening,

However, by turning the pivoted spring tongue 17 to one side or the other of its 'eX- tended position and to substantially the dot ted line position shown in Fig.2 of the draw ing, the vertical length of the mounting is appreciably reduced so that it may be then turned and positionedwith the pins 9 substantially parallel with the verticalaxis of the doll head, and the mounting passed upwardly through the neck opening to the interior of the head. The mounting may then be turned in the hand and the spaoedeye members thereof positioned in the respective eye receiving sockets. Any suitable means may be employed for the purpose of'expanding the pins 9 to impale their outer ends in the sides of the doll head wall whereby the mounting will be properly suspended for 0s cillatory movement. It is to be understood, that in so far as my novel mountin-gand 'a'rrangcment of the springelements 17 '18 is concerned, the particular form and construction of the pendulum andthe means for attaching the same in its applied position with respect to the doll head wall, is not essential, and various otherconstruct-ions or forms of the pendulum plate and the attach} ing means may be provided with my present improvements. Also, while I have; herein shown a particular form of the resilient cushioning elements 17 and 18, these elements might be of various other shapes or forms and otherwiseattached to the oscillatory pendulum plate to function in the manner described and for the purpose herein stated. It will therefore, be appreciated that the practical example of my present improvements which I have illustrated and described is not to be considered in a restrictive or limitingse'nse,

and that I reserve the privilege ofinc'orporating. the essential features of my invention in all other alternative structural formsas may be fairly embodied withint-he spirit and scope of the appended claims.

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I claim 1. In an eye mounting for dolls, a weighted pendulum adapted to be mounted within a doll head for oscillatory movement, and a resilient element pivotally connected at one of its ends to the pendulum adapted to be adjusted and positioned with respect thereto to permit the pendulum to be inserted upwardly through the neck opening of a doll head, and said element adapted to be adjusted to a depending position with respect to the pendulum for contact with the neck wall of the doll head to cushion the oscillatory movement of the pendulum in one direction.

2. In an eye mounting for dolls, a weighted pendulum and spaced eye members adapted to be operatively mounted within a doll head for oscillatory movement, said mounting having a maximum width exceeding the diameter of the neck opening of the doll head, a resiliently yieldable element pivotally connected at one of its ends to the pendulum and adapted to be adjusted with respect thereto to a position substantially parallel with the axis of oscillation to thereby permit the mounting to be moved inwardly through the neck opening with said member positioned in substantially parallel relation to the vertical axis of the doll head, and said member adapted to be thereafter adjusted to extend in pendant relation to the pendulum for contact at its free end with the neck wall of the doll head to thereby cushion the oscillatory movement of the mounting in one direction.

3. In an eye mounting for dolls, a weighted pendulum, spaced eye members carried thereby, yieldable means fixed to the pendulum and pro ecting above the eye members for contact i with the wall of a doll head to limit the oscillatory motion of the pendulum in one direction, and a resilient member pivotally connected to the pendulum adapted for adjust ment to a pendant position with relation thereto for contact with the neck wall of the doll head to limit the oscillatory motion of the pendulum in the opposite direction, and said member adapted to be pivotally moved to an adjusted position with relation to the pendulum for permitting of the bodily insertion of the eye mounting to its applied position through the neck opening of the doll head.

4. In an eye mounting for dolls, aweighted pendulum, spaced eye members movably mounted on the pendulum, leaf springs associated with the respective eye members to urge the same forwardly with respect to the pendulum and yieldingly hold said members inoperative relation to spaced eye openings in the wall of a doll head, the free ends of said springs projecting upwardly above the e e members to contact with the front wall of t e doll head and cushion the movement of the eye members to their closed positions, and an additional resilient member connected to the pendulum and depending therefrom for contact with the neck wall of the doll head to cushion the oscillatory movement of the eye members to their open positions.

5. In an eye mounting for dolls, a weighted pendulum, spaced eye members movably mounted on the pendulum, leaf springs associated with the respective eye members 'to urge the same forwardly with respect to the pendulum and yieldingly hold said members in operative relation to spaced eye openings in the wall of a doll head, the free ends of said springs projecting upwardly above the eye members to contact with the front wall of the doll head and cushion the movement of the eye members to their closed positions, and an additional leaf spring pivotally connected to the pendulum and adjustable with respect thereto to permit of the insertion of the eye mounting to its applied position through the neck opening of the doll head wall and said spring being also adjust-- able ina position in pendant relation to the pendulum for contact with the neck wall of the doll head to cushion the oscillatory motion of the eyemembers to their open positions.

6. In an eye mounting for dolls, a weighted pendulum adapted to be mounted wthin a doll head for oscillatory movement, an adjustable stop member having a pivotal connection at one of its ends with said pendulum and adapt-- ed in one position thereof for contact with the wall of the doll head to limit oscillatory move ment of the pendulum in a direction to dispose the eyes in their open positions, and said member being adjustable to a position substantially at right angles to said first position to permit the eye mounting to be inserted upwardly through the neck opening of the doll head.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my invention, I have signed my name hereto.

LEO J. GRUBMAN. 

